More like $1500

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> On Apr 4, 2015, at 3:14 PM, Rich Thomas 
> <richthomas79td...@constructivity.net> wrote:
> 
> They probably have $3k in it
> 
> --R
> 
> 
> 
>> On 4/4/15 3:55 PM, Dan Penoff wrote:
>> Went to look at this car this morning:
>> 
>> http://www.kbbreport.com/l6pnv?Ref=email
>> 
>> I had made some inquiries about it through an alias account last night, and 
>> thought it had some potential.  The car was pretty decent, in good general 
>> condition, with some gaps in the history but a close inspection yielded some 
>> indications that it had been cared for during that time and whoever was 
>> maintaining it wasn't reporting to CarFax, which is not unusual.  Paint 
>> gauge did not reveal any damage in the rear despite there being an accident 
>> report in the CarFax.
>> 
>> Drove well, only issue I could find was the ortho seats didn't work and a 
>> couple of the closing assist functions weren't working, either. This is an 
>> indication of leaks in the systems as the pumps on these cars are 
>> intelligent in the sense that if a circuit won't hold vacuum or pressure 
>> after a shot time it lock out that circuit, allowing the remaining circuits 
>> to continue operating.
>> 
>> So for grins I offered them $4800 through my alias account last night - the 
>> "out the door" price.  I got a response this morning after I got home that 
>> they would accept my $4800 offer, along with their $799 "doc fee" and taxes 
>> and title.
>> 
>> Yeah, right.
>> 
>> I responded that when I said "out the door" I meant everything except tax 
>> and title.  Something tells me they're not going to respond.
>> 
>> The sales guy I worked with this morning was pretty laid back and low key.  
>> He's retired and is essentially just working to get out of the house.  He 
>> never even tried to close the deal - I told him I had a couple other cars to 
>> look at and I would let him know.  He said the car had been there for two 
>> weeks and they haven't had anyone look at it yet (it's a Toyota dealership.) 
>>  He figures it's going to the auction soon - it's a trade they took a few 
>> weeks ago.  I can't imagine they'll get $4800 at the auction.
>> 
>> Oy.
>> 
>> Dan
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